TikTok launches legal action against Donald Trump over US ban

TikTok has said it will file a lawsuit against President Donald Trump’s executive order that prohibits transactions with the app and its Chinese parent ByteDance.

TikTok in a statement said that it had tried to engage with the US administration for nearly a year, but faced “a lack of due process” and that the government paid no attention to the facts.

“To ensure that the rule of law is not discarded and that our company and users are treated fairly, we have no choice but to challenge the executive order through the judicial system,” the video app’s spokesperson said.

Mr Trump issued an executive order earlier this month that gave ByteDance 90 days to divest the US operations of TikTok.

ByteDance has been making progress in talks with potential acquirers, including Microsoft Corp and Oracle.

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.